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DispensableDispensable Dis*pen"sa*ble, a. [LL. dispensabilis. See
Dispense.]
1. Capable of being dispensed or administered.
2. Capable of being dispensed with. --Coleridge. Dispensableness
Dispensableness Dis*pen"sa*ble*ness, n.
Quality of being dispensable.
DispensariesDispensary Dis*pen"sa*ry, n.; pl. Dispensaries. [Cf. F.
dispensaire.]
1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp.,
a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and
medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.
2. A dispensatory. --Pope. DispensaryDispensary Dis*pen"sa*ry, n.; pl. Dispensaries. [Cf. F.
dispensaire.]
1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp.,
a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and
medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.
2. A dispensatory. --Pope. Dispensative
Dispensative Dis*pen"sa*tive, a. [Cf. F. dispensatif.]
Granting dispensation.
Dispensatively
Dispensatively Dis*pen"sa*tive*ly, adv.
By dispensation. --Wotton.
Dispensator
Dispensator Dis"pen*sa`tor, n. [L.]
A distributer; a dispenser. --Bacon.
DispensatoriesDispensatory Dis*pen"sa*to*ry, n.; pl. Dispensatories.
A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic
description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It
is usually, but not always, distinguished from a
pharmacop[oe]ia in that it issued by private parties, and not
by an official body or by government. Dispensatorily
Dispensatorily Dis*pen"sa*to*ri*ly, adv.
In the way of dispensation; dispensatively.
DispensatoryDispensatory Dis*pen"sa*to*ry, a. [L. dispensatorius relating
to management. See Dispense, v. t.]
Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
``Dispensatory power.' --Bp. Rainbow. DispensatoryDispensatory Dis*pen"sa*to*ry, n.; pl. Dispensatories.
A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic
description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It
is usually, but not always, distinguished from a
pharmacop[oe]ia in that it issued by private parties, and not
by an official body or by government. DispenseDispense Dis*pense", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispensed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dispensing.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens.
of dispendere. See Dispend.]
1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the
steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature
dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.
He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the
company. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to
execute; to manage; to direct.
While you dispense the laws, and guide the state.
--Dryden.
3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.]
His sin was dispensed With gold, whereof it was
compensed. --Gower.
4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
It was resolved that all members of the House who
held commissions, should be dispensed from
parliamentary attendance. --Macaulay.
He appeared to think himself born to be supported by
others, and dispensed from all necessity of
providing for himself. --Johnson. DispenseDispense Dis*pense", n. [Cf. F. dispense dispensation. See
Dispense, v. t.]
Dispensation; exemption. [Obs.] DispensedDispense Dis*pense", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispensed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dispensing.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens.
of dispendere. See Dispend.]
1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the
steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature
dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.
He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the
company. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to
execute; to manage; to direct.
While you dispense the laws, and guide the state.
--Dryden.
3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.]
His sin was dispensed With gold, whereof it was
compensed. --Gower.
4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
It was resolved that all members of the House who
held commissions, should be dispensed from
parliamentary attendance. --Macaulay.
He appeared to think himself born to be supported by
others, and dispensed from all necessity of
providing for himself. --Johnson. Dispenser
Dispenser Dis*pens"er, n.
One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a
dispenser of favors.
DispensingDispense Dis*pense", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispensed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dispensing.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens.
of dispendere. See Dispend.]
1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the
steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature
dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.
He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the
company. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to
execute; to manage; to direct.
While you dispense the laws, and guide the state.
--Dryden.
3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.]
His sin was dispensed With gold, whereof it was
compensed. --Gower.
4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
It was resolved that all members of the House who
held commissions, should be dispensed from
parliamentary attendance. --Macaulay.
He appeared to think himself born to be supported by
others, and dispensed from all necessity of
providing for himself. --Johnson. Indispensable
Indispensable In`dis*pen"sa*ble, a. [Pref. in- not +
dispensable: cf. F. indispensable.]
1. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or
spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.
2. (Eccl.) Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release
or exemption. [R.]
The law was moral and indispensable. --Bp. Burnet.
3. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Indispensableness
Indispensableness In`dis*pen"sa*ble*ness, n.
The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely
necessary. --S. Clarke.
Indispensably
Indispensably In`dis*pen"sa*bly, adv.
In an indispensable manner. ``Indispensably necessary.'
--Bp. Warburton.
MispenseMispense Mis*pense", n.
See Misspense. --Bp. Hall. misspense
misspense mis*spense", n.
A spending improperly; a wasting. [Obs.] --Barrow.
Patriarchal dispensationPatriarchal Pa`tri*ar"chal, a. [Cf. F. patriarcal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs;
possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal
authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a
patriarchal church.
2. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
About whose patriarchal knee Late the little
children clung. --Tennyson.
3. (Ethnol.) Having an organization of society and government
in which the head of the family exercises authority over
all its generations.
Patriarchal cross (Her.), a cross, the shaft of which is
intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being
the smaller. See Illust. (2) of Cross.
Patriarchal dispensation, the divine dispensation under
which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses. Pleas in suspension 3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the
suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
4. The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with,
but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation
by straining; also, any substance in this state.
5. (Rhet.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive
expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the
inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations
employed.
6. (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a
sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension
granted on application to the lord ordinary.
7. (Mus.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord
into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary
discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf.
Retardation.
Pleas in suspension (Law), pleas which temporarily abate or
suspend a suit.
Points of suspension (Mech.), the points, as in the axis or
beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which
they are suspended.
Suspension bridge, a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or
wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at
each end, and are secured in the ground beyond.
Suspension of arms (Mil.), a short truce or cessation of
operations agreed on by the commanders of contending
armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for
surrender or for peace, etc.
Suspension scale, a scale in which the platform hangs
suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting
upon it.
Syn: Delay; interruption; intermission; stop. Points of suspension 3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the
suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
4. The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with,
but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation
by straining; also, any substance in this state.
5. (Rhet.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive
expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the
inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations
employed.
6. (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a
sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension
granted on application to the lord ordinary.
7. (Mus.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord
into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary
discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf.
Retardation.
Pleas in suspension (Law), pleas which temporarily abate or
suspend a suit.
Points of suspension (Mech.), the points, as in the axis or
beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which
they are suspended.
Suspension bridge, a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or
wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at
each end, and are secured in the ground beyond.
Suspension of arms (Mil.), a short truce or cessation of
operations agreed on by the commanders of contending
armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for
surrender or for peace, etc.
Suspension scale, a scale in which the platform hangs
suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting
upon it.
Syn: Delay; interruption; intermission; stop. Spenserian
Spenserian Spen*se"ri*an, a.
Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically
applied to the stanza used in his poem ``The Fa["e]rie
Queene.'
Suspensation
Suspensation Sus`pen*sa"tion, n. [Cf. LL. suspensatio
suspension from a charge or benefice.]
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended,
especially for a short time; temporary suspension.
SuspenseSuspense Sus*pense", a. [F. suspens, L. suspensus, p. p. of
suspendere. See Suspend.]
1. Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
[Obs.]
[The great light of day] suspense in heaven.
--Milton.
2. Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt. [Obs.]
``Expectation held his look suspense.' --Milton. Suspensely
Suspensely Sus*pense"ly, adv.
In suspense. [Obs.] --Hales.
Suspensibility
Suspensibility Sus*pen`si*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being suspensible.
Suspensible
Suspensible Sus*pen"si*ble, a.
Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from
sinking.
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